Places alaskanmoss Wants to Go

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

Seller of surplus nuclear research materials.

A famous flea market artist's studio that's full of odds and ends.

A memorial dedicated to veterans of all wars especially those lost in Bataan defending the Philippines during World War II.

The highest peak in the Jemez Mountains and the traditional center of the Pueblo world.

A 6,888-carat piece of turquoise that bears a striking resemblance to the first President of the United States.

These strange carved boulders in a forested canyon resemble tiny stone villages.

This replica of the Indian spiritual master Meher Baba's tomb stands unfinished in the New Mexico desert.

This old ruin once served as a post office, a train station, a restaurant, and a bridge to the Atomic Age.

This sundial indicates the time based on where you stand within it.

This popular pitstop lives up to its name.

A waterfall and cave near Arroyo Seco that inspired the writings of D. H. Lawrence, Willa Cather, and Mabel Dodge Luhan.

The final resting place of the most famous outlaw in the Old West.

Apparently, the whole cosmos emanates from this plain concrete tower.

This sculpture is intended to reset a person’s creativity.

From a T-rex to a teapot, a cast of artificial fossils illustrates New Mexico's history.

This sculpture perfectly models the molecular structure of a drug that was never produced.

A home base for Judy Chicago, one of America's leading radical feminist artists.